The Wabash Courier, Volume 18, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 December 1849 — Page 1

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Tetl mo y? winged wind«.

Thai round my pathway roar,

Do y« not know imme apot

"Where mortal* weep mon-f

Some lone and pleaannt dell,

Some va 11*7 ill llnw#.

Where free from toil and pain.

The weary afiul may reatf

The loud wind aoflened u» a whiaper low,

And aighnd for pity, aa it anxwerod—'No!'

Tell me tliou mizhty deep.

Wlioae billow# round me piny, KIIOW'M thouaome favored a|Mt,

Some inland far awny,

WluTe weary man may firnl

The bliaa for wliirh he diiilm,

Where aorrow never liven,

And friendidiip never tlienf

Tlw loud wave rolling in perpetual flow.

Flopped lor while, and aijjlied u» answer—"Xo!'1

And ilwu nereneat moon,

That with ouch holy face

Do«t look upon the earth.

A»leep in nii»ht'a embrace,

Tell me, in all thy round

llnat thou not wen aome fpot,

Wliere miaerahln man

Misrht find a happier lotf

IMiind aeloud the moon withdrew in woe.

And a voice nweet, hut and, responded- "Nof"

Tell me. hit aecret aoul,

Oh! tell me, Ilo|K? anl Fnith, Jt there no reatinir plnea,

I 'rom aorrow, ain, and denllvj

J» there no happy "pot.

Where mortnln may lie hlemeil.

Where grief may find Imlin, And wearine»an real I I'niih, Hope, and IAIVC- lieat l»oona to mortal*

«i veil, v*d their briitht wing*, ami in llriirrn."

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whimpered

Ilow »wcet it i« fur n« to know, Tlmi there nre heart* thathiirn Willi love lor ii* where'er we yo.

Am! ciiin Inr our reiitrii. Then, though the world N cold nnn drear

Anil give* tlieK«oiii pain.

We've hut to turn to «eenrt inowdenr,

And nil i* bright ngain,

Hut aa«l mti«t be the home of tho*e,

Condemned to live alone,

With none to cheer nmid iifis'a woes. And none to enil their own No *c«*oii aweet ol joy doth come,

To ahed lt« frngran«t ihere,

No aunahine todi*|erac the gliMin That l(t0)la a dark de*pnir.

The heart ean ne'er lie truly bleat, I 'IIW#it ean reeling I'pon some IOIMI congenial hrenal.

Where love'* aweet tendril* twine.

Then we can brook tile'* many U^»,

tf aormw and of woe,

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From the houiaville Journal.'

SONti.

Kor love a aoothtng b*' To cheer n* WIIUKI Ix t. w.

TUi: MlNlt AI. Wlt'G.

Mr wife i* verv mu*ical,

^he tune* it over much,

i*he te«M« roe with what lliey call

lier tiiigeriiiK and touch!

Slie'a "ioalrumental" to my pain,

Her very Chiekerinf quake*!

iler vocal efforta *plit my brain—

I shiver wln-n ah« "al»akr»!"

81 »e tell* me, with the area teat caao

Her voice ffoee up to

And prorce It till her meMlaa

Are

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tome?

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"laabelling" if I atir

tV»m wnere my hooka He hid:

fe Or, "Oh! we never mention h*?r,M

4 Mh nhe never did.

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The aame heaid laat

tear,

Alaa! there no variety

In

k,»ariatiooa'*h«»re.

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and aimnge,

1 wiah »HeM chanjfe her

note*,

they want

Sme "aHm** ami "change

A IfaMfrati* Aacwlrr.

Fowler, the Phrenologist, In his work oniitled "iloreditary Pe#wnuM says that t?vcrv Human being on the fare of the globe, in compelled, from a demand in nature, to have have two paranus, four grand parents, eight great grand parents, sixteen ancestors of the fourth genera* *io»t back, thirtytwra of the fifth, two hundred and fiftWlt of the eighth, thir* ty-two^hcitisand seven hundred and six* tv-oight of the fifteenth, almost one mil* lion and fifty thousand of the wtmieih. and nearly one thousand seventy three millions of the thirteenth generation. The whole number of every one's ancestors for fifty generations, amounts to two thousand three hundred and sixtytwo hi 11 ion. stten hundred and forty* nine thousand nine hundred and fourteen million, twd hundred and fourteen thousand and fort$.*ix (2^62,759^14,214,046)—4 multitude, verily, which no man can number, no' toind conceive!—! The blood of this tMi host is running in the vein« of every fftfng mortal, and that, rcckoeiog bat* wily fifty generations.

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From the N. Y. Tribune of the 3d inst. The Boston Tragedy—Supposed Murder of Dr. Parkman—Arrest of Professor

Webster. The astounding disclosures relative to the mysterious disappearance of Dr. George Parkman, which have just been made in Boston, have fallen like a thunderbolt upon that city, and produced a universal emotion of horror and consternation. In the present intensely excited state of public opinion, it is difficult to obtain on accurate knowledge of all the facts, but with such information as we can gather from the Boston journal of Saturday, we will present a brief history of the deplorable tragedy from its commencement.

The absence of Dr. Parkman from his family, which took place on the afternoon of Friday, November 23d, soon began to awaken uneasiness among his friends. After making every suitable inquiry, no traces of him could be discovered, subsequent to about one o'clock on the day of his disappearance. The whole Police of Boston were put in requisition, and every measure adopted that could be devised by their sagacious and energetic Marshal Tukey. On Monday following, the brother-in-law of Dr. Parkman, Mr. Robert G. Shaw, the head of the distinguished mercantile house of that name, offered a reward of $3000 for any information that would lead to his discovery, or if any injury had been done to him, for the detection of the perpetrators. This was without effect, and on the next Thursday, Nov. 29, (Thanksgiving day,) Mr. Shaw published another notice, stating that fears were entertained that Dr. Parkman had been murdered, and that $1000 would be paid for the recovery of his body.

Meantime various rumors were put in circulation, announcing that persons had been seen in peculiar circumstances, which led to the hope that some light might be thrown on the sudden disappearance. It was stated that Dr. Parkman had been seen in Cambridge street —that a strange individual calling himself a doctor, from Boston, had accosted couple of gentlemen who were riding in a carriage on the Salem turnpike— that a man had been found wandering in the woods in Bridgewater—and another had been taken by the Harlem police at Manhattanville On examination these rumors proved to be without foundation, or relating to some other person. On Thursday, a report that a man had been seen bearing a heavy burden on his back on Cambridge Bridge at a very early hour on Saturday morning, under circumstances which induced the belief thai it might be a dead body, which he afterwards threw into the stream, led to a general search in that direction. The river was dragged to a considerable extent in the vicinity of the bridge, but nothing discovered.

It was not until last Friday that any clue to the mystery was obtained, when the horrible and heart-rending facts, which we shall proceed to describe, led to the arrest of Dr. John W. Webster, as implicated in a deed which staggers the imagination, and which no one can associate with the name of the accused except on such proofs as can by no possibility be explained away. It seems that a note for $450 against Dr. Webster had been held by Mr. Parkman, secured on real estate in East Cambridge. This had been due for a long time, and Dr. P. had urgently insisted on its payment. After being several times put off with excuses, he applied to the officer who disposed of Prof. Webster's tickets to his course of lectures in the Medical College, to know if there was sufficient ballance [sic] in his hands to take up the note. This proceeding greatly excited Prof. Webster, who, on the Friday morning in question called at Dr. Parkman's residence, No. 8 Walnut street, and left the message, "That if he wished to receive the money on that mortgage, he must call at the Medical College about one o'clock in the afternoon." Dr. Parkman is known by several citizens to have gone to the College at the hour designated. He stopped at a grocery store in Blossom street between his home and the College, and ordered some articles which he purchased to be sent home. He left a bunch of celery on the counter, saying that he would call for it himself in a few minutes. He was seen to enter the College, but was never seen to come out of it. A person, who had some business to transact with him, watched for a long time to see him come out of the College, but in vain. It is admitted by Prof. Webster that Dr. Parkman called on him at the College, according to the above statement, and that he paid him the amount of the note, taking a receipt for the money.— This receipt, it is said, has been produced.

After the alarm had arisen on account of the disappearance of Dr. Parkman, several circumstances produced a suspicion in the mind of Mr. Ephriam Littlefield, who has charge of the buildings and grounds of the Institution, that Dr. Parkman had never left the College alive He hardly dared to breathe his surmises, but kept up a vigilant watch. It was noticed that Prof. Webster was in his private room and laboratory several hours on Friday afternoon, Nov.

23d, with the door locked, where [blank] is supposed to have remained during the night. The heat proceeding from his room was so intense as to attract the attention of several inmates of the College, and two barrels of pitch-pine kindling wood disappeared. For several

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tirely secluded, with his rooms at the College constantly locked, a thing so unusual with him as to occasion remark.

From these and similar circumstances, Mr. Littlefield was so strengthened in his suspicions, that on Friday evening, Nov. 30th, after Prof. Webster had returned to Cambridge, where he resides, he was induced to break the partition wall to the vault, in the basement, directly under Professor Webster's room in the College, and connected with it by a staircase and door, which was never known to be opened except by the Professor himself. Upon entering the vault, a terrible spectacle was disclosed.— There was the lower port of a human body, in a state of dreadful mutilation, one leg being gone, and also the foot of the other leg. The appearance of the remains indicated that they had been in that place but a short time.

These appalling facts were instantly made known to the proper authorities. They proceeded to the College, and on extending their search to Professor Webster's room, found further proof of the most startling character. On examining the furnace and the ashes which it contained, they discovered several bones and pieces of bone, belonging to a human body, which appeared to have been recently burned, so that the musles [sic] and cords were entirely consumed. There were also found some coat buttons, particles of silver and gold, apparently from a watch melted down, and a portion of a human jaw with several false teeth, filled up with gold around the edges, in a manner corresponding with these known to be worn by Dr. Parkman.

All these circumstances, taken in connection with the fact that Prof. Webster was not an anatomist or surgeon, but only a chemist, with no professional concern in the dissection of bodies, were deemed sufficient to warrant his arrest.

The officers accordingly proceeded to Cambridge in a private carriage, and reached the residence of Prof. Webster, at some distance from the University, at about 7 o'clock in the evening. Without stating their real business, they informed him that a new search of the Medical College had been decided on, which required his presence. After getting into the carriage, he was informed of the suspicions that had been aroused against him, which threw him into a state of agonizing excitement, and he fell back several times into the arms of the officers. During the ride he gave way to violent exclamations, and uttered piteous groans and shrieks. He also made use of expressions of a doubtful nature. Among other language of a similar import, he is said to have used the following: "Can it be that that infernal scam," (supposed to refer to some accomplice) "has betrayed me." He was lodged in Leverett street jail on Friday night. In the morning he was somewhat calmer, and expressed a wish to see his friends, though he remained in such a state of great excitement throughout the day, that his physicians pronounced it useless to bring him out for examination.

An inquest was to be held immediately by Coroner Pratt, "to inquire into the identity of the parts of the body found, and by what means it came to its death."

Officers were dispatched to make further investigations at the house of the accused in Cambridge, but no additional evidence was elicited. The Medical College was undergoing a strict and thorough search.

Among other circumstances which have confirmed the suspicion against Prof. Webster, since his arrest, it is said that he had ordered a box at Waterman's furnishing store in Cornhill, to be made of stout tin, soldered tight, with the exception of the cover, which was to be so made that it could easily be soldered on to its proper place. The box was to be about three feet in length by one foot and a half in depth and breadth, and was to have been sent to Prof. Webster on Friday, the day of his arrest.

The facts, as thus far ascertained, though compelling the most painfull [sic] suspicions, it is presumed will not be deemed sufficient to afford a legal proof of the guilt of the accused. The body of Dr. Parkman has not been identified, and from the mangled condition of the remains, this must be difficult if not impossible. We have, moreover, nothing but the imperfect version of the story, as rendered in the journals of the day, in the midst of an intense, overwhelming, and almost turbulent public excitement. No opinion should be made conclusive in the premises, until the result of the speedy legal investigation which wiil be held as announced, and the unfortunate accused has had an opportunity to give such explanation as he is able of the gloomy train of circumstances which have led to the dreadful position in which he is placed.

Dr. Webster has been Professor of Chemistry in Harvard University since the decease of the late Dr. Gorham, a period of over twenty-five years. In this capacity he is a member of the Faculty of Medicine in the Harvard Medical School, which has its location in

Boston. He is probably not far from 55

years of age, although his manners and appearance are those of a much younger man. His reputation in his profession is respectable but not briliant [sic]. He is a man of varied accomplishments and of elegant tastes. As a member of society in Boston and Cambridge, he has al-

ways enjoyed an unusual popularity.—

His musical talents it are of a high order,

days afterwards, the chimney of his and he Has done much to elevate the room sent forth «a uncommonly dense standard ©T musical taste hi Boston.— and constant dood of Durmgj His house has been (hstinguiatfed as the the whole of the w&ek, VB £fcitf?edi*eai uf generous hospitality, ^fccre, sur»

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that Prof. Webster had kept himself ed-] rounded by a singularly lovely family, hn has appeared to enjoy the highest

The deceased was sixty years of age. He belonged to one of the wealthiest and most distinguished families of his native city. He had received a thorough medical education in early life, and was much interested in medical science, but the care of his large estates induced hirn to confine his practice to a limited circle. The establishment of the Hospital for the Insane and the Asylum for the Blind, in the vicinity of Boston, was greatly forwarded by the zeal and energy of Dr. Parkman. He had the reputation of a skilful financier, had realized large gains by investments in real estate, and was exact and methodical in his habits. It is highly to his credit and no unworthy monument to his character, that his best friends were among his numerous tenants, who consisted, to a great extent, of the poorer classes. ———————

Wonders of the Telegraph. We were present a few evenings ago at the Coast Survey Astronomical Station, on Capital Hill, which was put in telegraphic connection with Cincinnati, for the purpose of determining the longitude between the two places. The elerical clocks in this city and Cincinnati having been introduced into the completed circuit, <every beat> at Cincinnati was recorded at <almost the same instant> on Saxton's revolving cylinder in this city, and every beat of the clock here was recorded in like manner upon Mitchell's revolving plate at Cincinnati. At the moment a star passed the meridian at Washington, by the touch of a key the record of the passage was made upon the disk at Cincinnati, as well as upon the cylinder at the Washington station, and the difference of the time of the two clocks would of course indicate the difference of' longitude. The distance between the two cities, it must be recollected, is upwards of five hundred miles; this distance was annihilated, and events happening at the one were instantly recorded by automatic machinery at the other. The interchange of star-signals was soon interrupted, however, by the intervention of a cloud at Cincinnati, and the remainder of ihe evening wns occupied by the gentlemen present in a philosophical discussion on the subject of the velocity of the transmission of electricity. We were never more impressed with the power of the telegraph to annihilate space, and bring into instant mental communication individuals separated by hundreds of miles. —<National Intelligencer>. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-

Speculation in California. The Boston Traveler says that a merchant in that city sent out to San Francisco, last February, an invoice of $1,000 worth of cutlery, by a gentleman who took on his own account six bales of blankets. By the last steamer, the merchant received a letter from the gentleman at San Francisco, stating that he was obliged to sell the cutlery and his blankets with it, for the <invoice price at Boston, he paying freight and all other charges for the same>.

The same journal states that a letter has been received in Boston, from a member of the Leonore's company, which contradicts the reports that they were offered a very large amount for their steamer. "He states that the boat has never been put together, and more than that, they could not get money enough to get her under way. The company had all scattered, leaving the 'fixins' behind." —-—-—-—-—-—-—-

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delight in the courteous entertainment of a numerous circle of friends. With a mild, kind and unassuming disposition, with eminently social feelings and manners of uncommon affability, he probably had not an enemy. His character was far from any stain—he was the last man in the world who would be thought capable of committing a crime.

There is no doubt that he labored under one defect, which may have led him to the dreadful deed of which he is accused. With expensive habits and a love of luxury, he had no skill or abiliiy [sic] in the management of pecuniary affairs. Hence, he is known to have been generally in a state of great embarrassment. We have it from the best authority, that this has at times brought him almost into a condition of frantic excitement, which led to the apprehension that some desperate act might be the consequence. It is possible that the repeated demands for payment of the mortgage alluded to, acting, on a morbidly nervous temperament, may have produced a paroxysm of sudden frenzy, which resulted in the crime, which cannot be thought of without a shudder, nor recorded in conection [sic] with his name, except with a stifling, heartbreaking emotion of agony.

correspondent

of the Baltimore Patriot, writing from Callao, says:—There is a custom that has long been prevalent throughout Pens and Chili, which, to the stranger, is quite imposing it is this—at nine in the morning, at noon, and at six in the evening, the great bell of the cathedral is tolled, for one minute during this time all business is suspended, every one takes off his bat. is expected to kneel, cross himself, repeat bis prayers, and the more devoot kiss the pavement. In the street, shop, private dwelling and hotel, all business, all motion, ail conversation is suspended. until the great belt ceases to tolL then ail is life a ad activity again the bugles it the palace gate, and the convent bells sound merrily and bonioesai and ooaverwiuon are returned at Ube poin *ber* they %cro drcf

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,t. Foreign Items. Lieut. Gale has proposed to go in search of Sir John Franklin, by meahs of balloon not to follow him through the air, but to ascend in his neighborhood, and thus, if possible, ascertain his position. Lieut. Gale supposes that at an elevation of two or three miles, he will have a panorninic view of twelve hundred miles, and that thus he might fall within observation of thu unfortunate explorer.—An article in the last number of the Westminster Review, on Human Progress,suggests that the food which we now consume, in the form produced by nature, may, by the subiilty of the chemist, be given to us in extracts, without the labor of agricultural production. Every thing, therefore. Would be taken in the shape of extracts but how, without producing the substances lhen]selves. the extracts could bo obtained, does not appear.—Miss Wilson, a daughter of the celebrated Scotch vocalist, has announced her intention of giving instruction in bal'ad-.singing, for which her father was so distinguished.— The London Daily limes, speaking of "Shirley" (by the author of ••Jane Eyre"') says, ••the women are all divine." —Silver is now the only legal tender in Holland, but this is not owing to the influx of gold from California, but to a law pnssed in 1047.—Signor Sarti, of Home, a distinguished literatuer. is dead.—The new five-franc piece of the French Republic, is censured as deficient in artistic merit.—Klapka, tho military governor of Comorn, has arrived in England.— Mrs. Howait has been playing the character of Imogen, in Shakspeare's play of Cymbeline, with very great success, at Mary-le-bone, London.---The rooks, in Tower-street, London, continue to build their nests, the materials being supplied by a benevolent neighbor.— Convicts nre no longer to be sent to the Cape of Good Hope.— Mrs. Patterson, the divorced wife of Jerome Bonaparte, is now in England.—Caps are worn small, and much decorated with flowers. Home costumes will be made high in the neck. Furs are very popular. Felt bonnets are much worn by young ladies. Bert lies are not to be so nerallv worn as formerly, nnd flowers will be the favorite ornament for ball .dresses this winter.—Gen. Chaugarnier is said to be the chief adviser of Louis Napoleon.— Dr. Pusey has been ordered, by his physician, to the southern coast of England. for the improvement his health Sir Henry Lytton BuUver, Minister to tho united States, is accompanied by his wife, who is a niece of the Duke of Wellington.—Iron ships for the British navy, arc going out of repine.—Upward of sixty thousand houses in London are unsupplied with waier.—Sewers arc said to contain large quantities of Prussic acid this is on the authority of Dr. lire.

Mr. Crouch, the celebrated musical composer, has left England for America. He is said to have eloped with a young ladv who was one of his pupils, and to have left behind him a lady whom he has also deluded.—There is a rumor that .Miss Burden Coutts wishes to marry Louis Napoleon.—Telegraph wires are about to be laid in Vienna, from the principal police station to all its various branches.—The Rev. Mr. Finney, who was a passenger in the last trip of the Hermann, is announced in the Scottish papers as about to undertake a series of revivals in England arid Scotland.—The Queen of Madagascar is dead.—Pagoda lace and sleeves arc worn at evening parties in London.—Mr. Thackeray, the author of "Pendcnnis," is dangerously ill from inflammation of the stomach.— The ilsc of Candia is io be the future residence of the fugitive Magyars.—The order of Jesuits had been solemnly reinstalled at Naples in all its former rights nnd privileges.—Another dccree at Naples forbids the employ by dancing girls of red in their siagc dresses, as that color is not in favor.—The only thing of interest in Berlin is the prosecution of the clubs by the police.—The Pope seems to have become inspired with some misgiving that Louis Napoleon, in casting off his old Ministers, may have had a secret intention of departing from their Roman policy, and hence lie has withdrawn his eotisent to return immediately to the Vatican.—Mdlle. Rachel, the celebrated Jewish actress, is about to be married to M. Rodrigues, a merchant of Bordeaux. The nuptials are to be celebrated at Paussac. where all the necessary pre arnuons are being made. Mdlle. Rachel will, of course, retire from the stage.—M. de Persigny, an intimate friend of Louis Napoleon, is now in London. Be is soon to depart for Sweden, to close the cohiract of marriage betweeri the French President and the daughter of the Swcedisb King. The daughter of the Swedish Kiog is represented ns being very poor.—Mr. Balfe's Opera, "The Bohemian Girl," has jtsst been produced wiih immense success nt the Frankfort Theatre, under the superintendence of the composer. Amongst the warmest applauders was Mdlle. Jenny Lind. who. it is said, wefil to Frankfon expressly to welcome her old comrade of her Majesty's Theatre, London.—It is ofien said that the people are not prepared (or reasonable government the experience

of Europe proves

that Irbat are called the lower classo* are prepared, but that the higher classes who are generally coiled the wise and intelligent, are not.— Tbe oou*rious Proudhon has ju«t published a book which is replete with blasphemies. He commences a passage with tbe followiog Sentence:

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&oex not explain himself is a God I dehy. and whom Irate abov«s things." Tho man who wrote these lines is in pri&n% expiating an article writs** against President fkaapartc.—1

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Professor Kollenati. of Berlin, has pro? pounded, a theory that men shed ihci-tr skins as* Hnimnls do their coats, and that« like them, they assume a thicker or a thinner covering [a natural skin hn meant] according to the climate in which they reside. When this change is effected, man is'&iid to be "acclima* ted."—Lola Monies is the subject of many a paragraph in the Barcelona papers. She goes to the pistol gallery every day, and astonishes the officers of the garrison with the precision of her fire.—The London Jewish Chronicle says thai several Jewish families have emigrated to the United States from Bohemia, with the view of founding a

The Memory of Children. It is note worthy thai children who nre token away by death, always remain in the memory of the parent ns children. Other children grow old, hut the one we lost continues in youth.,,, It looks ns we last snw it in health. The imagination hears Its sweet voice nnd light step, and sees its silken hair and clear bright eves —nil jusi as they wtjre. Ten or twenty years may go by. the child remains in memory ns at first, a bright, happy child. Its voung nnd beautiful form moves before us and wlin: is such a memory bui nn angel-prosenee?. Certainly. next to seeing an angel, is seeing. wiih parent's henri, such a chor ished form.

Amidst this world of ambition and show, who shall say that this is n^»t a means under providence, of subduing and spiritualizing the mind? Thus, in order to cherish such a remenribrnncc, we are at times willing to turn even before the charms of tbe living. The sigh becomes sweeter than tho song. Sorrow subdued becomes a friend, and sacred joy is mingled with tears of holy recollection. The conclusive agony changes ty passive sorrow, and queril* ous misgivings to quiet meditation.— There must be disires lei, then, the gushing tears flow, for ii is the course of nature but even with this, let there be ihe victory of Christian foiih, the glorious hope of our holy religion. For "Such hop" lik*» rninl»ow: bring ol lijjht,

May he horn likn the rainlxnv in tenrn.'"

Lesson for the ObMiuate*

Joseph Bradford was for some vearg the traveling companion of Mr. Wesley, for whom lie would have sacrificed health and even life, but to whom his will would never bend, except in meekness •Joseph.' said Mr. Wesley one day to him. 'take these letters to the post.'

B. I will take them after tho preaching. sir.' W., *Take them now, Joseph.'

B. *1 wish to hear you preach, sir and there will be sufficient time for the post afier service.''

W. *1 insist upon your going now, Joseph.' B. *1 will not go at present.' 'You won'it* •No, sir.' •Then yon and I must part.' •Very good, sir.'

The good* men slept over it. Wesley confessed to himself ihat he wns wrong. He did more. He confessed io his Maker that he hnd been hasty nnd erred. He met Mr. Bradford shortly after 4 o'clock in the morning, and accosting him, said, •Joseph, have you considered wh'at I said—that we must part!'

B. Yes. sir/ W\ 'And must we

B. W.

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God who governs ana who

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Jewish settlement in the State of Wis- the public printsjand through other chan* consin—A patent has been taken out bv Mr. Smith, factor to Lord Douglas, of Douglas. Scotland, for the preparation of oat flower by a new method, wliich is said to render it equal, both in appenrance and quality, to the finest whenten (lour.—Again from Vienna the news is that no less than fifteen more of the Hungarian officers who voluntarily sur* rendered ut Arad, have been ordered for execution by General lluynau. He has likewise demanded from the Jews of Pesih a contribution equal to #100.000, to be furnished within forty-eight hours or to be extracted from them by force. It will he remembered that during the last month or six weeks the various French and English papers in the Austrian interest have repeatedly announced that the Vienna Cabinet had at length resolved upon course of "clemency," nnd also that the robbery of ihe Jews would not be persisted in. This was merely to stifle the increasing indignation thai was every where observable. Shortly, however, we may expect to hear of clemency and honesty being actually adopted, since there can now remain few of ihe superior Hungarian officers who have not been hanged, and the [ioor Jews of Pesth ore already so utterly impoverished ihai it will be impossible for Haynnu, eilher by wbiping or any other punishment, to rob ihein any further.—Evening Po»t.

part!*

•Please yuurself,

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sir.'

•Will you ask my pardon,'Jo*

No, sir. •Then will ask yours, Joseph/ Wfetlcy did so. He confessed his error. Poor Joseph

was

instantly melted,

smitten as by the rod of Mrwes, when forth gushed the tears, like the water fr'Kn the rock. Higher than ever from that day stotxJ Wesley in the estimation and affection ofi be good Joseph Bradford.

tVAaajtxTs.—Tho following is

the amount of military land warrants, toc^tetf, for patents during 1847, 1848. tbe three first quarter* of 1849

a iriantift,

iboiter *47,

Acre*.

1^3y

Loemtsi ia Wti. isuatl Md 3d qaarwta 1M9, J6.491

23SUXW

IfrH&u 2,196

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&

\VHllLE:'.Ml: 901:

t-Engliilk Gdasipi

A VERY clever .(correspondent of the" Boston Courier, thus wriiesi— "England is not what she was. A cehtury agofehe Had u*o hundred thtfusand landed proprietors ftow she has only* iiwenty thousand. The English have «t lost discovered that .mcdling with continental affairs is a very expensive amusement. The present age is unheroic in,one respect: it isva calcula' ting age..-Heroes never (calculate, or rather, their fashion is to strike first and calcu'ats afterwards—a practice which would not accord with tho spirit which now reigns in the British exchequer. There has been -some bluster made in

ncls, on the occasiott.of tho threatening aspect of Russia. I do not profu«ss to btj in the secrots of Downing-sfreet, but my opinion is that England never would have stirred had the Russian (loet sailed into the Golden Horn* It wfiulddiave been a very imprudent ihingfjht tha( Czar, indisputably but what woulq John Bull goin by attempting to teach hirn good manners? If Nicholas had gone so, .far ns to seieo Constantinople and hartg Kossuth, would the British government hfive declared war or sfeiit a fleet through ihe Dardanelles?" My h^ lief is, they would nou You may thlfele it strange, nfior. reading the heroical roti,?, domontade in the English newspapers, but such a rnauer, at the pres^iu day, takes Mkeconootieal. shafte.nltog^tHef,. Money^Bmoney naw, and thp bnlanc# of loss am? gain is tbe main point in war-qi:esiion. Vou will ask,'Whore the proud spirit of old England ,1 will tell you wl\cre it is—thut spirit—ii has gone into the three per»cents. and Odorgdiifl Hudson's railways. It is idle lo^ninc^^•* the matter it is the ledger now thai prescribes the foreign policy of Great Britain, and not Vatiol or Mr. Burke's rhetoric. As to the heroic el envoi! is of international policy. I can only say thai' tho disposition is very strong to ariopl' the suggestion of Lady Teazle io Jovri soph Surface—'Don't you think we had better Jeavo honer out of the question?'r 'tilll

"On the well-loaded back of tnxattorip' now comes a cataclysm -of.dosaeA fromgf the bursting of the railway bubble ,'-rg? Here is parallel io the.$outh Sea affair. nnd great is the outerjr among tho sufferers. How wns It Hone/ you' wllf't psk. 'Tis ns ansy as lying.. A little uti* dncity nnd no conscience at all, are the,.! only requisites in such a case. C^eorg^ Hudson is made the scape-goat"of ims mammoth sin^ butihefo are,divetlii!igrent,J* oneyers' who nre dipped as.deep in the'* puddle us he. Hudson, however, is liged losiand olj the buffeting, as hcien^ joyed all ihe glory while the bubble wa,s in full blow. Now that tho whole itVii chineryof ihe fraud is jald open,p«0|lloJ' are astounded—they always are when it is too laie—that tiiey should have beun,q gulled„ by so, shallow device. This wns the 'order of exerciseal' Hudson was made chief director of a railway corporation—wiih a dajh of his pen he,,, transfers a row of figures from capital to income—'to mako things'look pleasant/ as he facetiously remarks in his. Instructions' to ihe book-keopers. Out of this' bulk of fictitious profits, a dividend of,-' eight per cent, is declared. Speculator*,, are set agog, iho stock rises, and Hudson, who has had ihe cunning to secure plenty of shares beforehand, .jsells out and pockets.the advance. Another rail* way company takes him, for a loader* nnd a second bubble is raised^, Tiieuxnrnple is too enticing iiot to gatr abund*. ance of followers. Wherever hn lakes hold, the shares rise, und King Hudson has the philosopher's stope. Wiry tbo man did not pocket tJ»o proceeds, and decamp beyond sea,

does noj appear, as

he must have been certain thwull would be out before mauy duys. But his eOf*» duct was like that of Faumleroy in hi* forgeries: he st«od still and allowed the storm to burst upon his head. Hudson*s falsifications exceed one hundred and twenty thousand pounds! ,A* to hid dupes—by the railways of Bfjiain they( sat down and wept—ibe^ wept when they remembered Hudson." ,—4 5 :i -jUvh f'lvr for ftomethiHf.

Thousands of men breathe, move nnf live—pass off tho siage of life. and aro heard of no more. Why? They did, not a particle of good in the world, none were blessed by ihem none coulr) point to ihem as the instruments of their xedemption not a line they wrotef not word they spoke could .My recalled, and they perished—their light went out in darkness, and they were not remembered more than the insects of vester* day. Will you thus live and dje, 0 mms immortal! Live for something. Do good, and leave behind you, a monlament of virtue thai the storm .or ir/nb can never destroy. IVrite your name by kinduess. love and mercy, on the hearts of the ^thousands you come io contact wiih year by Jear, and you will never be fofgouen. No, your name* your deeds, will t(c as legible .on the bcrirts you leave behind, as the stars on thp brow of evening. Good deeds will shfne as brightly on earth an the stars of be«veo^-*/V. Chalmers.

NEED OF THOROUGH PREPARATION.— Of the forty-eight students who were entered as West Point Academy last July, twenty of them failed to pass the January examination, and have got their dismissal. Paul often draws his metaphors from military experience, and might we not profit by copying the thoroughness of the military examination in case of admission to the ministry. The soldiers of the Cross need as sound and, thorough a preparation as the soldier employed for military defence.—<Puritan>.